Louis winterhalder



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L. .WINTERHALDER. 4 TELEGRAPH REGISTER; No. 333,323. Pa ed Mar. 1886.

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E D L A H R E T N I W M M m TELEGRAPH REGISTER.

Patented Mar. 23, 18 86.

WITNESSES: /%//w4/ 3 INVENTOI? 04M Mdm/ a/[F/t erence being U ITED STATES LOUIS WINTERHALDER, or

BROOKLYN, ASSIGNOR TO THE NEWV HAVEN CLOCK COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N, Y.

TELEGRAPH-REGISTER.

FJPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 338,328, dated Marc1123, 1886.

Application filed November 9, 1885. Serial No. 1822M.

a resident of- Brooklyn, in the county of Kings,

State of New York, have invented an Improved Telegraph-Register, of which the following is a full and complete description, refhad to the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 represents a vertical longitudinal section of my improved telegraph-register; Fig. 2, a detailed face view of the feed-rollers. Fig. 2 is a detailed section on the line K- K,

Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a top view of the register; Fig.

- 4, a cross-section of the reel-shaft; and Fig. 5

is a section on the line C C, Fig. 3.

. This invention relates to sundry improvements iii-telegraph'--registers;-whioh are instruments for printing or marking messages upon strips of paper, the marking instruments indenting a strip which is fed through the machine by clock-work. v

The first part of the present invention consists in making the indenting-roller, which is carried by the armature-lever, adjustable on fully described.

said lever for the purpose of regulating the depths of the indentations produced in aceordanee with the size of the indenting-roller, thickness of paper, or thickness of feed-roller.

Secondly, the invention consists in making the feed-leverthat'is to say, the lever which looks and releases the clock-work-in two parts, of which one is adjusted to regulate the stroke of said lever.

Thirdly, the invention consists in construct inga paper-guide of two sliding cheek-pieces fitted upon a right-and-left screw, as hereinafter more fully stated.

Fourthly, the invention consists in a new manner of hanging the upper feed-roller so it can be adjusted by one screw; and, finallyft consists in rigidly connecting the spring of the reel'shaft to the washer,all as hereinafter more letter A represents the box B are the In the drawings, or case of the telegraph-register. electromagnetssecured therein.

0 is the armature-lever, pivoted at a to the upper side of the box or case A, which armature-lever is moved up and down by the joint action of the electro-magnets and of the 7 spring b.

has a downwardly-extendiug pin, f,

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D is the leverl call the feed-lever, which locks the escapement d ofthe clock-work which is contained in the case A, and which lever, when moved on its pivot, releases said escapement and lets the clock-work feed the paper.

' E is a lever pivoted at e in the removable end portion, or, of the case A, so as to be directly above the lever D and below the armature C. This lever E is hollowed on the under side, (see Fig. 2,) and receives in the hollow the upward]y-projectin g rear end or outer end of the lever D, and also the front part said lever D, where it enters a groove 'in the front end of the lever E. The armature C which bears on the lever The lever E is rcmovable with the part a: of the box, and leaves the lever 1) always in the box. Moreover, the lever E is always below the pin f, and prevents any strain of the armature-lever while inserting the part at. Above the front or inner end of the lever E there is a screw, 9, in the cover of the case A, which regulates the upward throw of the front part lever, and also that of the lever D. By making this feed-lever D practically of two parts, inasmuch as lever E is part of it,I am enabled to regulate its stroke ion, and thereby also the action of the clockwork npon the paper.

To the front or inner end of the armaturelever C is fastened, by screw h, the extensionpiece '5, in which the indenting-roller j is hung, said indenting-roller being a tool for marking the paper F. The extension-piece i of said with the utmost preciscarries the screw Z,which bears upon the front end. of the lever C, and by means of which the lies on the roller 1 immediately before being grasped by the roller J. The roller J is hung in the box or case ing'to this invention, is hung in the frame L, that consists of two upright sid pieces, m m,

A, but the roller I, accord-l the lower horizontal bar, 46, nd the upper spring,o. The pin it serves as a pivot for the shown in Fig. 2. The frame L thus constructed is beneath the stationary crossbar 1, that is firmly supported on the box r\,and this crossbar has in its middle a screw, g, which bears on the middle of the spring 0. By means of this single screw 11 the tension between the rollers l J is regulated, and the upper roller, 1 I, is, so to say, springsnpym led, allowing 1 it to yield readily to inequalities in the thickness of the paperin other words, to he selladjusting.

The paper-guide it consists of two collars, r which are titted upon the rod s, that is hung. in uprightlugs 01' the box or case A. 'ihe rod 8 is screwthreaded near its end, as

shown in Fig. 5,ouethrcadbcing rightand the 5 other lcl't handed, and the collars r r are correspondingly threaded to litsaidscrcws. Each r cellar r is, moreover, notched at its circunr t'ercnce to-straddle the bar (see Fig.1

which prevens it from turning; hence, when the pin .s is turned by a suitable handle, which. i it carries, the two collars r r are screwed-to 1 approach and recede l'roinoneanother and set the requisite distance apart. for guiding the paper it. between them. The reel G is hung on a pin orshatt, M, (see Fig. 4,) which hangs in a bracket, N, that; projects from the box or case A. 'lheshal't .ll carries a l'rictil'in-spring, t, which is to give tension to the reel. tolore this frietionspring,which ordinarily is a coiled wire spring, was made to heal-against a loose washer, which in turn was in contact.- with the reel. The dil'ticully with this :11- rangeinenl; was, that the washer and reel were apt to turn together against one end. of the coiled spring, so that. the contact with the ert the proper tension.

.' -ordin l()lll invention, the washer u is ilererigidly caught to the end of the spring 5, so that the reel G in revolving will be unable to cause the washer to turn with it, and will be subjected to the frictional contact with the whole surface ol" the washer.

i do not claim adjusting a markingtool in an armature-lever. The problem in my case was to adjust a marking-roller which is hung in a rigid block or piece.

I claim 1. In a telegraph megister, the armature 1 lever 0, combined with the adjustable exteni sion-picce i, which carries the rotary indenting- I rollerj, and with the holdingscrew h, which i connects the parts and i, and with the adjusting-screw I, which serves to tilt the part-13 into the desired. inclined position, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. in a telegraplrregister, the fecdlever D, combined with the lever E, adjusting-screwy, and withthe armature-lever Qsubst-antially as j and for the purpose shown and described.

, 5. The paper-guide H, constructed of the l l screw 3, and stationery bar 1), specified.

, i. The combination of the teed-rollers J l with the frame L,in which the roller Iis hung, g spring o,which constitutes the sole upper porl tion of the frame L, and with the stationary bar 3) and central adjustingscrew, q, as set Q t'orth.

5. The combination of the reel G and ihech anisni, substantially as described, for revolv; ing it with its supporting-shaft M, tensionspring 1, and washer u, the said spring and washer being rigidly united and held on non1'e\"olving shat't 'M, substantially as herein shown and described.

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